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George Howard Brett
Born: May 15, 1953, Glen Dale, West Virginia
Batted: left
Threw: right
Played for: Kansas City Royals
Elected to Hall of Fame by BBWAA: 1999
488 votes of 497 ballots cast: 98.19%
Career Batting Record
Hall of Fame Plaque
George Brett spent his entire 21-year career with the Kansas City Royals tormenting American League pitchers. ... that when George Brett was first in the Royals organization, he modeled his batting stance after future Hall of Fame outfielder Carl Yastrzemski?
Bretts speech mirrors his career
George Brett has always had a flair for the dramatic. So it was only fitting that, on the day he was catapulted into baseball immortality, Brett hit one out of the park. ...
JOE POSNANSKI:
Heros tears fill a city with pride
Everyone had come to see George Brett cry. It was Brettstock Sunday in Cooperstown, a festival of George, an open field crowded with Royals caps and powder blue jerseys and Brett streamers and Gates T-shirts and Buck ONeil. ...
Brotherly thoughts are poignant
It wasnt the part about his late father, the rigid disciplinarian who never passed along the praise that George Brett so strongly craved.
Approximate Word count = 847
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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